Last month the World Bank predicted a 2% decrease this year - the largest drop since the 1940s.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

Last year I was virtually ready to drop it and then, I kid you not,that very afternoon,I came across a quote.

去年我真的都要放弃这个讨论了，不开玩笑，那天下午，我看到一句引言。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

We also drop the lowest score on a problem set and also lest in my appeal in the last lecture in this sounds a little too tailored to only those less comfortable realize too those more comfortable as we'll see today.

我们会划定最低分数,正如今天你们将看到的,这样做很照顾学习吃力的学生,今天大家就可以看到这一点。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Advertising sales dropped sixteen percent last year, and the group expects another ten percent drop this year.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

World trade is expected to drop eleven percent this year, after expanding by three percent last year.

VOA: special.2009.04.24

Another report on Thursday showed a small drop in the number of newly jobless workers last week.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

Many people blamed the Greek crisis for the sudden drop in American stock markets last Thursday.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

He noted that poppy cultivation decreased 19 percent nationwide last year and is on track to drop even further in 2009.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

The Labor Department says first-time claims for jobless benefits took an unexpected drop last week, to the lowest number since 2009 began, and 20 percent lower than at its peak earlier in the year.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12